Please sync apt-xapian-index 0.6 from Debian unstable main to hardy universe

[Ming Hua]

This new version fixes at least two crash bugs. The full FF exception request is kept below, and exception has been granted by the MOTU release team.

Source package name: apt-xapian-index
Version to sync: 0.6
Place to sync from: Debian unstable main

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Dear MOTU release team,

I'd like to request a Feature Freeze exception for package apt-xapian-index. The current version in hardy is 0.4, while the current version in Debian unstable is 0.6.

This is a new package introduced in hardy (doesn't exist in gutsy or earlier releases), the only reverse dependency is ept-cache, so the risk is relatively small.

I don't know much about this package, but from what I can see, the version in hardy doesn't work at all. There are two crash bugs reported against it in LP (bug #178726 and bug #194731). I have confirmed that the new version in Debian unstable fixes #178726, and the reporter of #194731 says the new version fixes that bug as well. In my opinion it would be best to just sync the new version in Debian instead of trying to apply individual patches, since we are still before Beta release.

The requested information for FF exception reqeust will be attached. Since it's a native package, the debian/changelog entries are provided as upstream changes.

I've built the 0.6 version in a hardy pbuilder and installed it on a hardy system. It fixes the crash for me, and seems to be working fine.

[Ming Hua (minghua)]

Upstream changes from 0.4 to 0.6:

apt-xapian-index (0.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added --pkgfile option to index arbitrary Package files instead of the APT
    cache.

 -- Enrico Zini <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:19:08 +0000

apt-xapian-index (0.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * Updated XS-Vcs* fields to the new location in git under collab-maint
  * Cron job does not fail if the package is removed. Closes: #461571
  * Fixed apttags.py plugin

 -- Enrico Zini <email address hidden> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:28:14 +0000

Diffstat for changes from 0.4 to 0.6:

$ diffstat -p1 apt-xapian-index.debdiff
 .gitignore | 4 ++++
 README | 4 ++--
 debian/changelog | 15 +++++++++++++++
 debian/control | 6 +++---
 debian/cron.weekly | 4 +++-
 plugins/apttags.py | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 plugins/debtags.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 plugins/descriptions.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 plugins/sizes.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 plugins/template.py | 14 ++++++++++++++
 update-apt-xapian-index | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 11 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Ack from me.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

ACK #2. Please go ahead.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Package(s) synced.